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Kennie
Hunt |
Oxford
University AFC, Corinthians FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Leyton FC, Crystal Palace FC,
Oxford City FC, New Crusaders FC
2 appearances,
0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 1 L 0 F
4:
A
1
75% successful
1907-14
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Reverend
Kenneth Reginald Gunnery Hunt
MA |
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Birth |
Sunday,
24 February 1884 at 'Woodchester', Warnborough Road in Oxford, Oxfordshire |
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registered in Headington April-June 1884 |
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Education |
Attended Trent College and Queen's
College, Oxford |
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According to the 1891
census, Kenneth R. is the second of four children, only son, to Canadian Robert George
and Elizabeth Scott (née Gunnery). His father is a clerk in the Holy Orders. They have three
servants and a governess. They live at Elm House in Kingsbury Road, in
Aston. |
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According to the 1901
census, Kenneth is one of the three children still at home at St Mark's
Vicarage, on St Mark's Road in Wolverhampton. No occupation is stated, and
their parents are not on this census. |
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"Mr. Kenneth R. G. Hunt, the Wanderers' amateur half-back, has
been appointed an assistant master at Highgate Grammar School, London."
- Birmingham Gazette, Tuesday, 25 August 1908 |
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"Friends of Kenneth Hunt, the Leyton and Wolverhampton amateur,
will be interested to hear that he will be ordained to-morrow." -
The Morning Leader, Saturday, 18 December 1909 |
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According to the 1911
census, Kenneth is an assistant schoolmaster along with his sister Ruth,
and they both live at 19 Bisham Gardens in Highgate.
The 1915
London Electoral Register puts Hunt at 13 Wood Lane in Highgate. |
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Marriage |
to Charlotte May Shuker, on Thursday, 10 April
1913, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
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registered in Wolverhampton April-June 1913 |
"MARRIAGE OF THE REV. K. R. G. HUNT.
"The wedding was solemnised at St. Mark's Church, Wolverhampton, on
Thursday, of Miss M. Shuker, daughter of the late Mr. D. J. Shuker and
Mrs. E. Shuker, and the Rev. Kenneth R. G. Hunt, son of the Rev. K. G. and
Mrs. Hunt, of Wolverhampton, and late of Oxford. The bridegroom, who is a
master at Highgate School. is well known in Oxford as a footballer, and
will play for the City on Saturday in the Amateur Cup final. The
officiating clergy were the father of the bridegroom and the Rev. A. L.
Bickerstaff. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Harold Shuker,
and Mr. George Hodgkinson acted as best man. Miss Doris Shuker was
bridesmaid. The bride was married in a travelling costume of blue cloth
trimmed with old gold, and wore a black picture hat. The honeymoon will be
spent in the New Forest. Many handsome presents were received by the young
couple, including gifts from the Oxford City and Wolverhampton football
clubs." - The Oxford Times, Saturday, 12 April 1913 |
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According to the 1921
census, Kenneth is now a schoolmaster and is now married to C. May. They
live, with all their pupils, in Grindal House at Highgate School, on North
Road, in the Highgate area, Hornsey.
The Reverend
Hunt did appear in the GWR Shareholders list when he was executor of the
will of Frederic Arthur Scott, who had died on 6 March 1925. On the date
of the statement, 22 April 1925, Hunt's address was at Grindal House,
Highgate in Middlesex.
London City Directory confirms Hunt at
Grindal House in 1925.
The 1933 and 1937 edition of Kelly's
Directory places Hunt at 7 Bishopswood Road in Highgate.
His father died on 17 July 1936 at 7
Bishopswood. |
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"The Rev. J. K. Deane, vicar of Malmesbury, conducted a funeral
service at Malmesbury Abbey yesterday for Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Hunt, who
died at her home, Burton Hill House, Malmesbury, on Thursday, at the age
of 80." - Western Daily Press, Wednesday, 26 July 1939 |
According to the 1939 register, Officer
Kenneth R.G., a schoolmaster, and Charlotte M. are still married and
living at Buckleigh Place in Northam.
East Sussex Electoral
Registers state the Hunt's are at Edgehill from at least 1946 up until his
death. |
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Death |
Thursday morning, 28 April 1949 at his home in Edghill, Tilsmore Road,
Heathfield, Sussex |
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aged
65 years 63 days |
registered in Hailsham April-June 1949 |
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Obituary |
"K. R.
G. Hunt Dies
"GREATEST of all 'sporting pasrons.' the Rev. K. R. G. Hunt, famous
footballer, died early to-day at his home in Heathfield, Sussex, foolowing
a heart attack, at the age of 65. He had pneumonia for about two months,
was in hospital for a month, and appeared to be going on well." -
The Evening News, Thursday,
28 April 1949
"Death
of Rev. Kenneth Hunt.
"AS they left Molineux Grounds for Weybridge
yesterday the Wolves players learned of the death of the Rev. K. R. G.
Hunt, a member of the Wolves team that beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the
Cup final at Crystal Palace in 1908. 'Kennie' Hunt, as he was popularly
known, was a right half and was one of the three players whose name began
with the letter H who scored for the Wolves, The other two were George
Hedley and Billy Harrison. Later he joined the amateur club Leyton and was
twice capped for England in 1911 against Scotland and Wales. A son of the
Rev. K. R. G. Hunt, a former vicar of St. Mark's, Wolverhampton, 'Kennie'
was ordained a deacon in 1909. After a spell with the Wolves Reserves he
won his place in the first eleven in the 1907-08 season."
- Birmingham Gazette, Friday, 29 April
1949
"Death of 'Parson Footballer'.
"With the passing of the Rev. K. R. G. Hunt, the 'parson
footballer,' soccer loses a great personality. Kenneth Hunt ranked among
the finest half-backs of his day, assisting Oxford City, Wolverhampton
Wanderers, Corinthians and Leyton. Between 1906 and 1920 he received two
full caps and 16 amateur caps for England (besides Olympic honours), and
also gained an F.A. Cup winner's medal—he shot the first goal in Wolves'
3-1 triumph over Newcastle at the Crystal Palace in 1908. For 37 years of
an active life, Mr. Hunt was a member of Highgate School staff, retiring
in 1945. As F.A. councillor he represented the Amateur Football Alliance,
and his most recent appointment was that of president of Pegasus F.C., the
combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Club, formed last August with
the object of reviving Corinthian-style soccer. Mr. Hunt, who was 65 lived
at Heathfield, Sussex. Illness prevented his attending recent F.A. Council
meetings, but he had hoped to be at Wembley on Saturday to see his old
team, Wolves." -
Gloucestershire Echo, Friday, 29 April 1949 |
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Funeral |
Monday, 2 May 1949 at St Bartholomew's,
Cross-in-Hand, and the internment followed at Waldron Parish Church. |
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"THE Rev. Kenneth Reginald G. Hunt, who died at his
home, Edgehill, Tilsmore-road, Heathfield, on Thursday last week...The
first part of the funeral was at St. Bartholomew's, Cross-in-Hand, and the
internment followed at Waldron Parish Church. The officiating clergyman
was the Rector of Waldron (the Rev. P. Wilmott Jenkins), who was assisted
by Canon E. Redfern and the Vicar of Heathfield (the Rev. W. D. Matthews).
The family mourners were Mrs. K. R. G. Hunt (widow), Mrs. G. N. Martin
(sister), Brigadier H. Shuker (brother-in-law), Miss. D. Shuker
(sister-in-law), Mrs. F. B. Gunnery and Miss W. Gunnery (aunts), Dr. O.
Gunnery and the Rev. K. Hunt (cousins) and Miss J. Martin (niece). The
Football association were represented by Alderman C. D. Crisp, Mr. A. T.
Ralston and Mr. F. C. Wells (who is secretary of the Sussex County
Football Association)." - May 1949. |
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Probate |
"HUNT
the reverend Kenneth Reginald Gunnery of Edghill Heathfield
Sussex
clerk died 28 April 1949
Probate
London
20 August to Charlotte May Hunt widow Oswald Gunnery doctor of medicine
and Arthur Kerman Dowse surveyor.
Effects £22815 14s. 9d."
[2025 equivalent: £698,537].
Duty took £2556, he bequeathed £500 to
Trent College for an annual prize, £250 to Toc H., he made other bequeaths,
and left the residue to his widow, Charlotte, and then to his
sisters, Gladys, Hilary and Agnes, and his sister-in-law, Doris. |
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His wife, Charlotte, died on 15 July 1983 in Eastbourne. Her ashes are
interred with Kenneth. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s)
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Hunt attended Trent
College and made the football XI between 1900 and 1904, becoming the
captain in his final two years. He went on to earn his Blue at Queen's
College, Oxford University, between 1905 and August 1908, becoming their
secretary, during which time, he also had his first period guesting for
the Corinthians FC club. In November 1907, he signed amateur forms with
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Then, as Hunt was residing in Leyton in
October 1908, he signed Southern League forms so he could assist Leyton
FC, becoming their captain in December 1909 and remained with them through
to at least March 1912. Hunt was also playing for Oxford City FC in 1909,
and again in October 1912 until April 1914. He was back assisting Wolves,
signing forms to play in the Birmingham League in December 1909. In August
1912, Hunt transferred his allegiances to Crystal Palace FC, albeit
illegally. On 3 February 1913, the transfer of Hunt
from Wolves to Palace was granted by the Football League
Committee, and Wolves were fined five guineas. In December 1913, Hunt was
turning out for the English Wanderers in a match at Hampden Park against
The Spiders. In April 1914, he was playing for the New Crusaders FC.
During the war, he guested for his old club, Crystal Palace FC. Then
between 1919-21, was playing with the Corinthians again and in January
1920, back in the Wolverhampton Wanderers FC line-up, and in March 1920,
Oxford City FC colours. |
League honours
50 appearances, 1 goal |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC 1907-20 fifty appearances, one goal
debut (division two): 23 March 1907 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 Burnley
FC 0.
last (division two):
26 April 1920 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 Stoke FC 0. |
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Club honours |
Sheriff of London Charity Shield runners-up 1907;
FA Cup winners 1907-08
(7ᵃ 1ᵍ);
FA Amateur Cup
runners-up 1912-13 (vs. South Bank, after a
replay); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
A blue plaque (above) was placed at St Mark's Church, Chapel Ash, on 28 October
2004. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
10lbs [1910]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became
356th
players (356) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 109,
13 March 1911, England 3 Wales
0,
a British
Championship match at The Den, Cold Blow Lane, New Cross, London, aged 27 years
17 days. |
Last match
nineteen days |
No.
110,
1 April 1911, England 1 Scotland 1,
a British Championship match
at
Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 27 years 36 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1910-11; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1910-11; |
Individual honours |
The Amateurs
(one appearance, December 1906 (withdrew
from the October 1913 fixture));
England Amateur
(sixteen appearances, 1ᵍ December 1906-April 1920);
Great Britain London 1908
(three appearances)
Olympic Gold Medal;
The South (three appearances, January 1909-November
1913);
England trial (two appearances, January 1913-January 1914);
Great Britain Antwerp 1920
(one appearance). |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Ordained in December 1909 and was a
housemaster and chaplain, teaching at Highgate School from September
1908-45. He rose to the accolade of second master. He was the master of
Grindal House, whose colours are still black and gold. Grindal was a house
in Highgate, specifially opened to allow the extra influx of pupils, Hunt
was its first housemaster. He was, from July 1946, the Amateur Football
Association representative on the FA Council, as well as the president of
the Cross-in-Hand FC and Pegasus FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.141. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
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10 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 |
75 |
+1 |
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Both of his matches were played in the British Championship competition
and at a home venue |
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Opposition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Scotland |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Wales |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1906-07 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1910-11 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1912-13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
| BC 1913-14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 |
75 |
+1 |
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